Jennifer Aniston turned down SNL for 'Friends'

Associated Press>Jennifer Anniston said she turned down an invite to join the cast of Saturday Night Live before shooting the pilot for 'Friends.'

Jennifer Aniston revealed yesterday in an interview with Oprah that she turned down an invite to join the cast of Saturday Night Live shortly before shooting the pilot for the highly successful for 'Friends'.

Aniston was on Oprah to promote her new movie, 'Just Go With It,' along with co-star Adam Sandler, who was on the SNL cast at the time.

Sandler said:

”I remember being on the ninth floor where Lorne Michaels’ office was, and seeing Jen come in. I was like, ‘Oh, my God. There’s Aniston. Is she about to be on our show?’”

Aniston replied: ”It was a boys’ club. They thought I was making a huge mistake.”

She went on to say that at that point in her career, she considered herself ready for primetime.